infest

Example Sentences

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The owner of the veterinary clinic arrived at work at 6:30 a.m. and found the dog, which was “extremely malnourished,” infested with fleas and missing a tooth, Spitzer said.

From Los Angeles Times

For a few years, they lived in a home that was infested with mold, which aggravated his brother’s asthma and forced them to leave.

From Seattle Times

The world was horrified in 2017 when a Northern defector was found to be infested with intestinal worms.

From Washington Times

Such a passive word, “deindustrialization” — leaving the impression that it just happened somehow, as if the country got deindustrialization the way a forest gets infested by bark beetles.

From New York Times

It is such “bee hotels” that the Houdini flies infested.

From Seattle Times